This episode is a special collaboration episode with our Channel Zero network partners in crime, Coffee with Comrades. 

We talk to Pearson from CwC to discuss the current iterations of reactionary politics, unpack the fascist imaginary, discuss ways to cope with the horrors of staring into the abyssal ugliness of far-right politics, and take some time to chat about some of the themes and topics of the book!

Bonus Ep - PIFR Book Discussion w/ Coffee with Comrades

In this episode we are joined by Zosia of human rights monitoring group Channel Rescue for an update on their work, the wider context of far right activism on migrant crossings, the recent antics of Nigel Farage and more! 

We are organising a workshop for the upcoming anti-university festival. Check it out on the programme and see what else is on here: 

https://programme.antiuniversity.org/

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46 - Nigel Farage And The Boat Crossings w/ Channel Rescue

In the wake of the tragic shootings in Plymouth we are joined by a returning guest Annie Kelly to discuss her research into digital anti-feminism.

We talk about the context and history of anti-feminism online, the dangers of labelling incels as terrorists, the nature of contemporary misogyny and more.

47 - Incels and Antifeminism w/ Annie Kelly

We are joined by author Dave Renton to discuss his latest book, No Free Speech for Fascists: Exploring 'No Platform' in History, Law and Politics.

We discuss the development of free speech in relation to the left, talk about how why 'no platform' developed as a tactic, why its good to stop fascist speech, and more!

You can get Dave's book here via Routledge: 

https://www.routledge.com/No-Free-Speech-for-Fascists-Exploring-No-Platform-in-History-Law/Renton/p/book/9780367720629

48 - Free speech and no platform w/ Dave Renton

We are joined by Cam Smith and Andy Fleming, writers, researchers, actvists and hosts of the podcast Yeah Nah Pasaran, to disscus the far right and fascism in so called Australia. 

We discuss the strange connections to US evangelicalism, the recent expose of the National Socialist Network, the historical context of the far right in Australia, it's position as a white settler colony and more!

Our book, Post Internet Far Right is OUT NOW, order your copy here: https://dogsection.bigcartel.com/product/post-internet-far-right

Check out Yeah Nah Pasaran here: https://www.3cr.org.au/yeahnahpasaran

49 - Far Right Down Under w/ Yeah Nah Pasaran

We are joined by Mike Makin-Waite,  Burnley council officer responsible for race relations in the aftermath of the so-called Burnley 'race riots' in 2001 when the BNP gained council seats for the first time since 1993. 

We discuss the causes and context of the disturbances in 2001, how the BNP was able to capitalise on white resentment for electoral success, the inital inadequacy of anti-fascist and labour party responses and more. 

You can get a copy of his book, On Burnley Road from Lawrence and Wishart here https://lwbooks.co.uk/product/on-burnley-road-class-race-and-politics-in-a-northern-english-town

You can buy our first book, Post Internet Far Right, from Dog Section Press  here https://dogsection.org/press/pifr/

50 - Race Relations and the BNP in Burnley w/ Mike Makin-Waite

Ewa Majewska is an author and feminist theorist whose most recent book Feminist Antifascism is out now from Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/books/3820-feminist-antifascism

Ewa talks to Sam about resistance, counterpublics, and why feminism must be at the core of anti-fascism.

You can get our book from Dog Section Press here: https://dogsection.bigcartel.com/product/post-internet-far-right

51 - Feminist Anti-fascism w/ Ewa Majewska

We talk to Jock Palfreeman, anti-fascist and prisoner solidarity organiser about his case and his work inside Bulgarian prisons. We discuss how far-right parties control the prisons, the history of anti-Roma violence, and the wider Bulgarian far right.

Support Jock: https://www.patreon.com/jockpalfreeman
https://www.paypal.me/jockpalfreeman

You can buy our book here: https://dogsection.org/press/pifr/

53 - The Buglarian far right and prisoners solidarity w/ Jock Palfreeman

We are joined by Allan Jones of anti-fascist research group Red Flare to discuss new kids on the far right block, Patriotic Alternative. We discuss the the weird history of their leader Mark Collett, how PA dance around their nasty politics, the shift from civic to ethno nationalism on the UK far right, and much more!

Buy our new book, its good: https://dogsection.org/press/pifr/

54 - Patriotic Alternative w/ Red Flare

Sam and Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen talk about Mikkel's new book on 'Late Capitalist Fascism'. What do Guy Debord and George Jackson have to tell us about the fascists we face today? What kinds of capitalist decomposition are giving rise to fascism?

Get the book here: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=late-capitalist-fascism--9781509547432

55 - Late Capitalist Fascism w/ Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen

We are joined by the guys behind The Empire Never Ended podcast to discuss the Order of the Nine Angles.

We cover how real the O9A actually is, the weird history of it's founder, David Myatt, what satanism provides to nazi scenes, the efficacy and ethics of proscription and more!

https://www.patreon.com/tenepod

You can now get our first book here: https://dogsection.bigcartel.com/product/post-internet-far-right

56 - Order Of Nine Angles w/ The Empire Never Ended

We are joined by writer and researcher Ben Lorber to discuss the America First movement, its leader Nick Fuentes and its strategy of entryism into the Republican Party.

We talk about why Fuentes has been effective whilst the alt right foundered, what exactly is up with far right congressman Paul Gosar, the collapse of American democracy and more!

Check out Ben's article on America First here: https://politicalresearch.org/2022/01/05/we-have-push-envelope

60 - Nick Fuentes and America First w/ Ben Lorber

We are joined by campaigner, researcher and activist Bjørn Ihler  to discuss the newly launch European Anti-fascist Monitoring Project, a joint initiative between the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and the Khalifer Ihler Institute. We discuss the necesscity of transnational research into the far right, the question of deradicalisation and much more! 

https://antifascist-europe.org

61 - Antifascist monitoring in Europe w/ Bjørn Ihler

We are joined by author and activist Zack to discuss his article 'Building to Confront Fascism' and the problem of building robust antifascist organisations. 

We ask what building antifascist movements means in the age of the internet, the contemporary models for anti-fascist organising, anti-fascism's relationship to anti-racism and much more!

Read Zack's article here: https://www.thelever.org.uk/blog/2018/9/18/building-to-confront-fascism

What should we do about the design problem of anti-fascist organising?

64 - On Antifascist Organisations With Zack

We talk all about the influential nazi book The Turner Diaries with Fritz and Boris of the podcast The Empire Never Ended. We discuss the author, William Luther Pierce, the unremitting bleakness of the book, the representation of women and much more.

You can support them here: https://www.patreon.com/tenepod

68 - The Turner Diaries w/ The Empire Never Ended

This week I am joined by lecturer and political theorist Kai Heron and first generation farmer and writer on agroecology Alex Heffron to discuss the far right influences in the farmer protests currently sweeping the Netherlands, far right representations of rural life, the politics of food production and much more!

Check out Kai and Alex's work: 

http://newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/renewing-land-question-against-greengrabbing-and-green-colonialism/

https://spectrejournal.com/let-a-thousand-fiefdoms-bloom/

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72 - Dutch Farmer Protests w/ Kai Heron and Alex Heffron

Today researcher and writer Timo Koch joins the show to discuss National Conservatism, a far right populist ideology focussed on influencing high level policy. We cover Natcon's history, the influence of Orban, its reactionary idea of the family and much more.

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88 National Conservatism w/ Timo Koch

This week I'm joined by legal observer Andy Meinke of : court support group Activist Court Aid Brigade to discuss new restrictions in UK protest law, the vagaries of conspiracy, the difficulties of legal observing a antifascist protest and much more.

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89 - Antifascism and the law w/ Andy Meinke

In the aftermath of the far right violence seen on armistice day, in which mob fought with police and carried out attacks on the massive Palestine demonstration we discuss what it could mean, analyse where the movement comes from, assess its potential and discuss policing on the day.

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91 Far Right Mobs On Armistice Day

Today we are joined by writer and researcher Anthony Faramelli to discuss his work on the concept of microfascism and the nature of fascist desire.

We discuss how algorithmic structures feed radicalisation, how we can intervene if someone is radicalised online, the anti-fascism of the Zapatistas and much more!

92 Mircrofascism And Fascist Desire w/ Anthony Faramelli

In the late 1980s millitant anti-fascists started a cultural project, Cable Street Beat, to counter the rise of a violent fascist music scene which was attacking left wing gigs and attempting to attract a disaffected youth. For this episode reseacher Alex Cater joins to show to discuss the effort. 

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If you were involved in CSB or other cultural anti-fascist projects Alex would like to hear from you. Get in touch with the show or via his article in The Conversation.

Conversation article: https://theconversation.com/through-cable-street-beat-music-became-a-potent-antifascist-weapon-against-the-far-right-221060

95 Cable Street Beat w/ Alex Carter

We're back and joined by researcher and activist Adrien Wilkins to discuss the history of antifascism in Norway. We discuss the tactics of both fascists and anti-fascists, the pitfalls of counter-extremism, why bomb throwing was such a big thing for the Norwegian fascist movement and much more. 

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95 Norwegian Antifascism w/ Adrien Wilkins

Aurhor and researcher Spencer Sunshine joins the show to discuss all things Seige. We discuss James Mason's obsession with Charlies Manson, how fringe art scenes championed his work, the rebirth of Seige on nazi Telegram channels and have some out of date takes on the Trump assassination attempt. 

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98 - Siege And Its Fanboys w/ Spencer Sunshine

Its been quite a month in the UK. This episode I cover the UK race riots, featuring an interview I did with US podcast It's Going Down. Discussing the post organisational nature of the UK far right, how the EDL doesn't exist, the state's response to the riots and more. 

This show is part of the channel zerio network. Listen to all the shows at channelzeronetwork.com

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99 UK Race Riots 2024

For our 100th episode (!) we are joined by two member of the It's Going Down collective to discuss Trunp and the American election. We discuss the racist lies of the Trump campaign, why American fascism goes unchallenged during the Biden presidency, prospects for future resistance and more.

100 Trump, the far right and the American Election w/IGD

We round up the key far right stories in 2024, discussing Tommy Robinson's incarceration, the fortunes of Homeland and PA and the absolute and total shutdown of the Traditional Britain Group xmas social.

Final news, in early 2025 we will be moving to be hosted by anti-fascist researchers Red Flare! Look out soon for details of where you can find our content

101 Year End Review 2024, Homeland, PA, Tommy Robinson and TBG

Sam (now known by his real name, Youtube personality Richard Hames) comes back on the show to mark the the release of a new Spanish edition of The Rise of Ecofascism. We cover some of the things in the new preface of the book, reflect on the state of the world in the age of Musk and speculate about where all this is heading. 

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Check out Richard's course: https://crudefutures.substack.com/p/im-teaching-an-online-course-on-collapse

Spanish edition of the book here: https://levantafuego.com/producto/baterias-bombas-y-fronteras/

102 Ecofascism Revisited w/ Richard Hames

This week Alex is joined by author Lois Shearing to discuss their new book Pink Pilled: Women and the Far Right. We discuss women's precarious positions within online fascists spaces, how gender motivates far right politics today, how the emptiness of liberal feminism can be exploited and more. 

The interview was conducted before Pink Pilled came out, you can now buy it via University of Manchester Press or bookshops everywhere.

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Red Flare fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-antifascist-investigations-in-britain

103 Taking the Pink Pill w/ Lois Shearing

Author and historian Pádraig Ó Ruairc joins the show to discuss his new book, Burn Them Out: A History of Fascism and the Far Right in Ireland. We discuss Ireland's complicated political situation post war of independence, the rise of the Blueshirts and their leader Eoin O'Duffy, how FIne Gael reckons (or doesn't reckon) with its fascist origins and much more!

Buy Pádraig's book from your local independent bookshop or buy directly from the publisher here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/burn-them-out-9781035915279/

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104 Burn them out! Irish fascism and its echoes w/ Pádraig Ó Ruairc

Kier Starmer's Powelite rhetoric last week shocked many in his party and on the left. Yet it fitrs into a long history of labour racism and racist border policies. Writer Michael Richmond joins the show to discuss all of this, the function of state race relations iniatives, the echoes of the August racist riots and more.

Michael Richmond is the co author of two books: Fractured: Race, Class, Gender and the Hatred of Idenity Politics and Fascism and the Women's Cause.

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105 Kier Starmer, Enoch Powell, Race Relations and the Border


Recently, the protest group Palestine Action was proscribed by the Labour government under counter terror legislation putting the group in the same category as Al Quaida, ISIS and National Action.

This is stunning attack on the right to protest and will have wider implications for the palestine solidarity movement, and other movements that sometimes break the law in pursuing their political goals – which we should remember has a long history in UK protest movements. 

 On the surface this seems to be outside the remit of this podcast, so why are we covering this? For one thing the British state has used the proscription of far right and fascist groups to give a veneer of acceptability this action. Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, proscribed two far right groups alongside Palestine Action.

But also there is a more fundamental issue here. We cannot divorce the actions and policies of far right governments from those of their liberal democratic counter parts. The British state continues to send fighter jet parts to the Israeli regime, which is committing a genocide. It is also running surveillance missions over Gaza from its base in Cyprus. In addition, Labour has chased Reform in its policy and rhetoric towards migrants. It was only a few months ago that Starmer echoed Enoch Powell in his island of strangers speech. 

Far right governments usually use existing laws and powers to push an authoritarian agenda. You can see this particularly in the United States of America, where Trump cites hundreds year old insurrection laws and alien enemies acts in order to further his mass deportation campaign. It is not hard to see a far right government in this country to use the proscription of PA to go after climate justice or civil rights movements.

With that being said, today I'm talking to Iida Kayhko about proscription, counter terror and more, on with the show!


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Iida's article in Race and Class: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03063968251323166

106 Proscription and the UK counter terror regime w/ Iida Kayhko

Today we are joined by writer Richard Seymour to discuss last Saturday's Unite the Kingdom rally, the largest far right rally in British history.

We disucss why it was so big, the anti migrant racism of the mainstream, the yankification of the British far right, Tommy Robinson, how we can oppose his movement and more. 

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Check out Richard's book here: https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3147-disaster-nationalism

Read Richard's take on the rally: https://www.patreon.com/posts/i-heard-you-want-138879347

107 Unite the Kingdom and the Apocalypse w/ Richard Seymour

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